Asher and Acker appeared upon the crown of a tree, their weapons blurring hundreds of times in the span of less than a second before they vanished once again, the tree beneath their feet exploding into countless splinters.
Although Acker had boosted himself to match a Spark Wavestar Life Ranker, he was still on the losing end of the fight. At this moment, Asher had already torn through the golden scales protecting him and drawn blood multiple times. Although the injuries vanished and the golden scales reformed almost instantly, it didn't change the fact that he remained at a disadvantage throughout the battle.
'How?' Acker asked himself, as even his delusions couldn't warp this reality to fit his own narrative.
